Police investigating after private photos of athletes shared online

The athletic department and women's volleyball team at the University of Wisconsin are looking for explanations after confidential player images and videos were posted online.

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The athletic department didn't provide any additional information in a statement about the images and video.

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A source provided a picture to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, claiming it to be one of the photographs in dispute.

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It looks to have been taken during the team's Big Ten championship victory in November.

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The images and video were not meant to be made public, according to UW.

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The statement read, "UWPD is not investigating the volleyball student-athletes for wrongdoing in this matter."

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"Supporting our student- athletes is our first concern, and we are giving them the necessary services and resources."

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UW claims that team members informed the campus police as soon as they became aware that the pictures were being shared.

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The police are looking into a number of offences, including publishing private images without permission, according to a statement from the sports department.

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According to the statement, "The unauthorised sharing is a serious and wrongful infringement of the student-athletes' privacy, including possible violations of university policies and legal statutes."

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